Thomas hauck



(No Model.)

T. HAUCK.

CURTAIN FIXTURE.

No. 430,249. Patented June 1'7, 1890.

F|G l. FIG-2- wit/gala) tome/13o UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS HAUCK, OF EVANSVILLE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO I WVILLIS O. HOWE, OF SAME PLACE.

FIXTU RE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 430,249, dated June 17, 1890.

Application filed January 16, 1890- Serial No. 337,050. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS HAUCK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Evansville, in the county of Vanderburg and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Curtain-Fixture, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to curtain-fixtures of that class in which the brackets carrying the curtain-roller are adapted to be moved bodily upon vertical guides on the sides of the window-frame; and the invention consists of peculiar-shaped guide-rods mounted vertically along the window-frame, concealed pulleys journaled beneath the upper ends of said guide-rods, and sheet-metal brackets having tongues or feet so bent as to embrace the guide-rod and provided with eyes or bearings for supporting the journal of the curtainroller.

In carrying out the invention the same consists also in certain details of construction and employment and arrangement of the operating means for raising and lowering the brackets, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and as are shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of a window with my curtain-fixture attached. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a plan View of the sheet-metalblank from which the brackets are made before the same is bent into shape, the dotted lines representing the lines upon which the same is to be bent. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of said brackets detached and in its finished condition. Fig. 6 is a partial side elevation of the bracket at the rear.

The letter F designates a window-frame; S, a shade; R, the spring-roller at the top thereof,

this roller .beingjournaled in bearings v,

. these brackets comprises an approximately rectangular body I), having outwardly-projecting feet f at its four corners, which feet are adapted, when the bracket is 'in its finished condition, to be bent over around and to loosely embrace the guide-rods hereinafter described. From one edge of this body 1) projects a wing to, having the bearing 1- at its upper end for the reception of the journal of the curtain-roller, and this wing, when the bracket is in its finished condition, is intended to project forwardly from the inner edge of the body I) at right angles thereto and to slide against the vertical inner face of the guiderod. Near the upper end of the body asmall but strong hook H is attached thereto and projects rearwardly therefrom.

The letter G designates metallic guide-rods, of whioh it will be understood there are two,

one along each vertical edge of the window-.,

frame F, and each guide-rod is preferably fiat on its inner face and slightly rounding on its outer face, although I do not confine myself to this exact cross-section. In width the guide-rods are preferably about half an inch, more or less, and in length they extend from points where the curtain-fixtures are ordinarily attached to the frame downwardly to a point at or below the vertical center of the window-frame. Holes g are formed through the upper and lower ends of these rods, and through these holes are passed screws U, which pass also through small blocks u, which are of a size and shape to be hidden by the guide-rod and of sufficient through these holes are passed screws U,

whose points are embedded in the windowframe, the pulleys P being journaled upon the bodies of said screws. It will be underthe brackets X are of such size that when said brackets are mounted upon the guiderods, as shown in Fig. 1, the hooks will be entirely out of contact with the windowframe. Connected to said hooks H are two cords O, which pass thence upwardly and each over the respective pulley near the top of the guides, the cord at one side (say the left-hand side, as shown in Fig. 1) passing thence across the top of the window-frame and behind theIcurtain-roller B when the latter stands at its normal position over the window, thence over the other pulleyP at the right-hand side of the window-frame, and

thence downwardly near the right-hand cord- 0 to a ring I, to which both cords are connected adjustably, whereby they may be lengthened or shortened to raise or lower either bracket X, for the purpose of making the curtain-roller R stand horizontally across the window. Depending from the ring I is an operating-cord O, which is carried down alongside the window to a point Within ready reach of the operator, and its body passes through a fastening device A of any suit-- able character and construction.

The several parts of my invention being thus constructed, and the same being assembled in their proper relative positions, it is obvious that the curtain S may be raised or lowered upon its spring-roller R in the usual manner. It will also be understood that by adjusting the cord 0 in the fastening device A the brackets X may be raised or lowered to any desired point throughout the length of the guide G where it is desired to have the roller R standthat is to say, if it is desired to admit light at the top of the window and to exclude it from the bottom, or if it is desired to ventilate the room by drawing down the upper sash and allowing the air to pass out over the curtain, the operator may lower the brackets X, and with them the curtain-roll er R, as will be clearly understood. In all cases the location of the hook H at the back and upper end of the body I) of the bracket causes said hook to be entirely concealed from view and also imparts the tension of the cord 0 to the most convenient point of the bracket possible, and where the Weight of the curtain-roller and shade upon the upper outer end of the wing w will be overcome as nicely as possible, in order that the feet f will not bind upon the guide-rod G. The cord 0 extends thence upwardly and into the groove 19 of the pulley P above it. It has before been stated that said pulley was of a size which would be entirely concealed by the breadth of the guide-rod G, and it will therefore be understood that if the cord passes around a groove in such pulley it also will be entirely concealed from View. The cord crossing between the two pulleys is exactly behind the normal position of the roller B, so that it is concealed under all ordinary circumstances, and the only cord exposed to view is the operating-cord O, the ring I, and the lower'ends of the cords 0, all of which are along the right-hand side of the window-frame and at a point where the eye naturally expects to see some operating device for the windowcurtain. The brackets X, as will be readily understood, are stamped by a die from a piece of sheet metal into a blank, as shown in Fig. 4, and this blank is bent on the dotted lines into the, shape shown in Fig. 5, after which the brackets may be sold as an article of manufacture complete and ready for use, it being understood that they can be slipped over the guide before the latter is put in place. I do not limit myself to the precise shape and proportionate size of the feetf on these brackets K, because they may be made in a great variety of shapes without at all departing from the spirit of the present invention; but I do consider the flat shape of the guide G an essential feature, because it serves to hide the concealed blocks 11. and pulleys P, as well as to prevent any lateral movement of the brackets Xwhich would tend to throw the journals of the roller R out of the bearings r in said brackets.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a curtain-fixture, the combination, with the vertical guides G, in the form of a flat bar arranged along the opposite sidesof a window-frame and set out from the frame so as to leave a space between the guides and the frame, of the pulleys P, placed behind and concealed by the guides, pins or screws passing through the guides and pulleys,whereby the guides serve as the attaching-brackets for the pulleys, the curtain-roller brackets X,

having the flat body portion lying flat against the inside of the fiat guides and provided with a hook H, the cord 0, leading from the hooks running up behind the guides and over thepulleys P, and the operating-cord con- In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS IIAUCK.

Witnesses:

J OSEPH HENNEL, ANTON HOFMANN. 

